My Life As A Nigerian Teen

chapter five : volunteers

" The power of imagination makes us infinite"
-John Muir .

Charlotte

" Fatima ..?" somehow I wasn't surprised, " how are you doing " I asked , washing my hands ,

" why are you here Charlotte ..." she asked ignoring my question , well I knew how to play this game ,

" did you follow me here ? " I asked , closing the tap and drying my hands ,

" answer my question " yeah right ,
" when you didn't answer mine " I shrugged ,

she snorted her head " I hate you " , then she left ,

" wow " here goes the drama, lol , the feeling is mutual baby girl ,

I left the restroom and headed for the garden , for the snaps of course, along the way , I grabbed something to eat , the party was an all you can eat buffet , okay...mum really out did herself ,

I brought out my phone , took some clean shots and started editing ,
" hmm...so you like pictures ? " I knew that voice , I flinched , how long had he been there ,

" yes " I nodded ,

" nice shots , can I see " koby said and took my phone , didn't even wait for me to give it to him , rude ,

since he was checking out my pics , I started munching down the chicken and chips in my hand ,

" you're actually pretty outside of school " he said nonchalantly, I could feel my cheek heating up , wait was I blushing ?.... Charlotte noo...did he just compliment me ? ...I must have woken up on the right side of my bed then , ...so wait I wasn't pretty in school ? , smh jerk ,
" thank you " I finally said ,

" sure , can you send me this ? " he asked , pointing to a pic , it was of the garden , but it was in black and white ,

" okay " I nodded ,

" you really like the garden ? " he asked,

" yh , it's beautiful"

" it's my mum's , she said the garden gives vibrance to this house " he said as he took a chip from my plate and ate it , my eyes widened in shock , was this koby ? , I doubt it ,

" what...? " he probably noticed my eyes ,

" nothing ooo , just are you koby ...?" and he laughed , he actually laughed , or I was dreaming ,

" what...again " he smiled ,

" you...you...lau...laughed ..." I stuttered ,

" yh , doesn't everybody laugh ? " I rolled my eyes , smartass ,

" yes , but you don't " I shrugged ,

" I do , just not all the time " he said , I'm probably sure , his not all the time probably means everytime ,

" okay.... " just then my phone rang , he handed it back to me , it was mum , I picked up ,

" hey mama "

" hmm"

" okay , I'd be right there"

" see ya "

       It's was time to go home , mama was probably tired ,

" you call your mum , mama " he mocked , I rolled my eyes ,

" yup..."

" ohh...okay so you're leaving..? " he asked , I nodded ,

" alright then, won't you say goodbye to Tati..." , of course I would ,

" yh let's go " I said and started to leave ,